Screening of candidates
Only guests who fit one of the 6 roles of the Atrium spec are kept. This page covers every guest of the POC podcasts, all countries together: screening comes first, and the country of origin is looked up afterwards, only for the selected experts.
Guests identified28,551
Excluded19,870
Selected8,681Of which 2,556 English-speaking world, 4,579 European Union, 1,546 other or unknown country
Selected by role
AcademicNamed position at a university or research institution4,334Think tankNamed position at a think tank or public policy institute730Former officialHeld a position in a public authority: ministry, regulator, central bank, parliament531LawyerPractices law, in a firm, in-house or at the bar251Economist or consultantEconomist, analyst or adviser, in a firm or independent865CommentatorAnalyzes current affairs or ideas for the general public: columnist, essayist1,970
Why the others are excluded
People
27,693 people · the 858 guests named by their first name only are counted above but not listed
| Person | Decision | Role or reason | Why | Podcasts | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Adcock Founder & CEO · Figure | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of Figure. | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Anderson Reporter for New York Times Food and Cooking | Excluded | Journalist | Food reporter New York Times | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Benson Associate Professor of Political Science · Vanderbilt University | Selected | Academic | Associate professor of political science at Vanderbilt. | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Christophers Professor at Uppsala University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Uppsala University, non-fiction author. | 6 | 8 |
| Brett Connellan | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Eagleson | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Favre Hall of Fame quarterback | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Finlay Microbiologist | Selected | Academic | Microbiologist university teacher at University of British Columbia. | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Goldstein Special Advisor to the Chancellor · Vanderbilt University | Selected | Academic | Special advisor to the chancellor at Vanderbilt. | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Murphy Reporter · ProPublica | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter ProPublica | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Allen | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Armstrong Co-founder and CEO · Coinbase | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder and CEO of Coinbase. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Bernasek Co-Head of Americas Corporate Private Equity · Carlyle | Excluded | Business executive | Co-Director at Carlyle Private Equity. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Beutler Author | Selected | Commentator | Political columnist, author of Off Message newsletter. | 7 | 9 |
| Brian Boxer Wachler MD | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Physician influencer on social media. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Brøndum Møller | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Brushwood Stage magician | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Stage magician and illusionist. | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Burgoon Professor · UvA | Selected | Academic | Professor of political economy at the University of Amsterdam. | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Cameron Lucky Astrophysicist · Universidad de Oxford | Selected | Academic | Astrophysicist at University of Oxford. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Carroll Documentarian · Netflix | Selected | Commentator | Documentary maker, author of 'A Deadly Marriage'. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Catlos Expert | Selected | Academic | Professor of history at University of Colorado Boulder. | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Chesky Founder and CEO · Airbnb | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of Airbnb. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Cox Physicist, professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of physics at Columbia, author and science communicator. | 7 | 8 |
| Brian Cranley Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Davenport Senior Vice President of Operations · A1 Garage Door Services | Excluded | Business executive | Vice-President Operations A1 Garage. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Deese Economic adviser · Obama and Biden administrations | Selected | Former official et Economist or consultant | Former director of White House National Economic Council, outside position. | 4 | 4 |
| Brian Derrick Political strategist, and the founder and CEO · Oath | Excluded | Business executive | Political strategist and founder/CEO of Oath. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Dixon | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Doherty | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Entin Senior national correspondent · NewsNation | Excluded | Journalist | National correspondent for NewsNation. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Finucane Editor · Just Security | Selected | Think tank | Editor of Just Security, political think tank. | 3 | 7 |
| Brian Fishman Cinder | Selected | Think tank | Published with Brookings Institution. | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Gibson Commanding General · 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command | Excluded | Serving politician | General commanding active military unit. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Greene Theoretical physicist and author · Columbia University | Selected | Academic | Professor of physics at Columbia, author. | 4 | 10 |
| Brian Greve CEO · Hunkemöller | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Hunkemöller. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Hanley Co-author of 'The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers Party' | Selected | Commentator | Co-author of 'The Lost Revolution', historian. | 3 | 7 |
| Brian Hie Stanford researcher | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Stanford University. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Higgins GP · Galway Primary Care | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | General practitioner at Galway Primary Care. | 1 | 5 |
| Brian Hurst Founder and Chief Investment Officer · ClearAlpha | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and investment director of ClearAlpha. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian J. Ruggeberg Consultant · Spencer Stuart | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Consultant at Spencer Stuart. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Janous Co-founder and chief strategy officer · Cloverleaf Infrastructure | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder and strategist at Cloverleaf Infrastructure. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Keating Cosmologist, professor of physics | Selected | Academic | Cosmologist, physics professor. | 13 | 235 |
| Brian Kjærgaard Hansen Physicist and professor · Aarhus Universitet Center for Funktionell Integratif Neurovidenskab | Selected | Academic | Physicist professor at University of Aarhus. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Klaas Political scientist | Selected | Commentator | Political scientist, author of Fluke. | 11 | 13 |
| Brian Koppelman Actor, writer and producer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Llyod Entertainment.ie | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Entertainment.ie, no analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Lykke R8dio | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Martins Comedian · The Portuguese Kids | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Mikkelsen Director · Dansk Erhverv | Excluded | Business executive | Director of Dansk Erhverv. | 3 | 3 |
| Brian Mooney Education Columnist and Guidance Counsellor · Irish Times | Selected | Commentator | Education columnist at Irish Times. | 1 | 6 |